---
name: "Aarif Sheikh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aarif-sheikh"
fi1m_id: "aarif-sheikh"
imdb_id: "nm1210799"
tmdb_id: 1174421
wikidata_id: "Q131341204"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:33:09.523249+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aarif Sheikh

## Identity

Aarif Sheikh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aarif-sheikh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aarif-sheikh
- **IMDb ID:** nm1210799
- **TMDB ID:** 1174421
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131341204
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131341204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1174421

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Also known as:** Aarif Shaikh, Arif Shaikh, Arif Sheikh 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131341204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1174421

## Biography

Aarif Sheikh is a film editor working primarily in Hindi cinema. His credits include *Drishyam* (2015), *Haider* (2014), *War* (2019), *Pathaan* (2023), *Fighter* (2024) and *Dil Bechara* (2020). He has also worked as supervising editor on the television series *The Great Indian Murder* (2022).

Sheikh began his career in the late 1990s as an assistant editor. He directed the 2009 feature *Let's Dance*. He has received multiple awards for editing, including National Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drishyam* (2015), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/drishyam.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alpha* (2026), Editor
- *O'Romeo* (2026), Editor
- *War 2* (2025), Editor
- *Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins* (2025), Editor
- *Yodha* (2024), Editor
- *Fighter* (2024), Editor
- *Tejas* (2023), Editor
- *Mission Raniganj* (2023), Editor
- *Pathaan* (2023), Editor
- *Mission Majnu* (2023), Line Producer
- *Samrat Prithviraj* (2022), Editor
- *Attack* (2022), Editor
- *The Great Indian Murder* (2022), series, Supervising Editor
- *Bunty Aur Babli 2* (2021), Editor
- *Dil Bechara* (2020), Editor
- *War* (2019), Editor
- *Kabir Singh* (2019), Editor
- *Baadshaho* (2017), Editor
- *A Gentleman* (2017), Editor
- *Noor* (2017), Editor
- *A Death in the Gunj* (2016), Editor
- *Madaari* (2016), Editor
- *Rocky Handsome* (2016), Editor
- *Drishyam* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/drishyam.md)
- *Haider* (2014), Editor
- *Lai Bhaari* (2014), Editor
- *D-Day* (2013), Editor
- *Nautanki Saala!* (2013), Editor
- *Rush* (2012), Editor
- *Force* (2011), Editor
- *Dum Maaro Dum* (2011), Editor
- *Hostel* (2011), as Akshay
- *Chandni Chowk to China* (2009), Editor
- *The Blue Umbrella* (2007), Editor
- *Parzania* (2007), Editor
- *Taxi No. 9211* (2006), Editor
- *Chehraa* (2005), Editor
- *Vaastu Shastra* (2004), Editor
- *Maqbool* (2003), Editor
- *Makdee* (2002), Editor
- *Army* (1996), Production Executive

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